Job Stress and Presenteeism Prevalence among Nursing Staff during the Outbreak of Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 77, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 1299-1316 PDF (650.79 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.196303 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Lobna Khamis Mohamed  1; Shereen Ragab Dorgham2; Walaa Mostafa Eid3
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| 1Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt and Nursing Education Department, College of Nursing, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, KSA | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Job stress and presenteeism are perplexing issues in the nursing profession during the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic that must receive increasing attention. Aim: It aimed to assess the job stress and presenteeismprevalence, as well as verify the association between two concepts among nursing staff during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019. Design: It utilized a descriptive, correlational design. Setting: It was conducted in the Main Tanta University and Emergency Hospitals. Subjects: All nursing staff (503), who had a Diploma, Bachelor of Sciences, or Master of Sciences in nursing. Tools:The questionnaire involved nursing staff’s demographic data, the adapted Extended Nursing Stress Scale, the Presenteeism Prevalence Questionnaire, and the Stanford Presenteeism Scale.Results: The organizational factors were the dominant reasons for presenteeism among nursing staff rather than the personal factors. Workload, inadequate emotional preparation, death and dying, and conflict with supervisors were the most prominent factors for causing stress. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between job stress factors and nursing staff’s perception of presenteeism. Conclusion: Presenteeism behavior is evidence for organizational risk-taking behavior with diverse implications in the nursing profession, in which the nursing staff perceived a high level of job stress associated with a high prevalence of presenteeism behavior during the coronavirus pandemic. Recommendations: Develop a policy and practices with more guidelines to avoid the vagueness regarding what nursing staff should do while sick. Moreover, promoting the coping strategies and conflict resolution for managing job stress among nursing staff to reduce presenteeism behavior. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Coronavirus disease 2019; Nursing staff; Job stress; Prevalence; Presenteeism | ||||
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